The geometry of systems of third-order differential equations induced by second-order regular Lagrangians

DOI10.1007/s00009-009-0020-9zbMath1229.70044arXiv0705.3689OpenAlexW2134929286WikidataQ115390435 ScholiaQ115390435MaRDI QIDQ844003

Ioan Bucataru, Radu Miron

Publication date: 18 January 2010

Published in: Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3689

zbMATH Keywords

covariant derivativesemispraynonlinear connectionPoincaré-Cartan two-form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50)

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